Harrisburg, Ill., tornado cleanup

Polly Nolen of Harrisburg stares out the window of friends Shirley and Jim Guard's home. Nolen, vacationing in Florida, drove 11 hours to find only minor damage. Many nearby homes were destroyed.

ERIN McCRACKEN / COURIER & PRESS Ward Fox, left, with family friends Darrell Osman and Steve McDonald, Osman's brother-in-law, look at pictures of his late mother, Mary Osman, 75, who died in Wednesday's tornado. They found the photos in the rubble of homes along Brady Street on Thursday morning.

ERIN McCRACKEN / COURIER & PRESS Bailey Cain, 11, holds a family picture of her aunt, Rebecca Mauney and Mauney's sisters which she found laying in the remains of Mauney's house on South Texas Street in Harrisburg, Ill., on Thursday morning. Mauney and her husband, Blaine, were pulled from the rubble that was left in the wake of Wednesday's tornado and remain hospitalized.

ERIN McCRACKEN / COURIER & PRESS Jordan Youssef, 17, carries blankets belonging to her grandmother, Dorothy Hill, 75, from what is left of Hill's house on Birch Street in Harrisburg, Ill., on Thursday afternoon. Hill was sleeping when the EF4 tornado ripped through her neighborhood Wednesday morning. She was thrown from her home and suffered a broken leg and many cuts, she is expected to remain in the hospital for several days.

ERIN McCRACKEN / COURIER & PRESS Melissa Mauney reaches out to grab a watch her nieces Ashley Cain, 13, left, and Bailey Cain, 11, center, found in the rubble of Mauney's parents' home on South Texas Street in Harrisburg, Ill., on Thursday afternoon. Mauney's parents, Blaine and Rebecca Mauney, were among the injured after they were thrown across the street when the EF4 tornado ripped through their neighborhood on Wednesday. The Mauneys have several broken bones and are currently hospitalized but are doing "OK," knowing they were one of the lucky ones. The Mauney's children, grandchildren, nieces and nephews started early Thursday morning sorting through the rubble to find what personal belongings they could.

Pieces of homes is all that remains of most of the apartments and duplexes on Brady Street in Harrisburg, Ill., on Thursday following an EF4 tornado that ripped through Saline County leaving six adults dead and an estimated 100 people injured in the early morning hours on Wednesday.

ERIN McCRACKEN / COURIER & PRESS A utility worker helps restore power along Burch Street in Harrisburg, Ill., and the surrounding neighborhood which was devastated by Wednesday's deadly EF4 tornado. Utility workers are working round the clock to replace downed poles and power lines from the storm, as the community begins to pick up the pieces from what is left of their homes.

ERIN McCRACKEN / COURIER & PRESS The word "help" spray painted on the concrete slab that was part of Blaine and Rebecca Mauney's home on South Texas Street in Harrisburg, Ill., describes what the town will need to rebuild and heal from Wednesday's devastating EF4 tornado that ripped through Saline County killing six people and injuring a hundred. The Mauney's were pulled from the rubble that was left in the storms wake and remain hospitalized. Members of the community of Harrisburg as well as strangers from surrounding areas pulled together to help those who lost everything salvage personal belongings on Thursday,